Columbus (Big Charley Lockhart)
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
George W. Popcorn Hall in United States

Columbus (Big Charley Lockhart) was born wild .

1920: "Old Charley," said to be the largest elephant in captivity, and certainly one of the most ugly tempered, died at the farm of "Col." George W. Hall, near Janesville, Wis., June 8. The pachyderm was so vicious last March that the city authorities tried to devise means to end his days. The weight of the dead elephant was six and a half tons, and his trunks are valued at $1,500. He was brought to this country by Lockhart, with the Lockhart Herd twenty years ago, and was first seen with the Ringling Show.
New York Clippings, 1920

References

Sources used for this article is among others:

• Page 46, Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, Dokumentation 2 Nordamerika, 1997, by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger
• Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants

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